In the Great Locker Room Shake-Up of 2018, Kyle Long, the senior Bear in Lake Forest, found himself in a new spot.

Thanks to Matt Nagy’s Trestman-like decree, Long moved from the O-line’s hangout near the entrance to Peanut Tillman’s old locker, across the room and next to the bathroom, with an empty locker to his left.

Not bad. A good veteran set-up, no doubt. But here’s the problem. The Bears put their new guy Khalil Mack three lockers down. While they each have an extra locker as a buffer, every time a media pack surrounds Mack after practice, Long’s personal space will be that much smaller.

“Yeah, you know I thought the downside was I was near the smells of the bathroom,” Long said. “But now I get to smell the media over here, which can be equally dirty sometimes. But no, it’s great to have him over here. I’m happy to have him.”